# Production guide * [Installation](#installation) * [Upgrade](#upgrade) ## Installation **Please don't install PeerTube for production on a small device behind a low bandwidth connection because it could slow down the fediverse.** ### Dependencies Follow the steps of the [dependencies guide](dependencies.md). ### PeerTube user Create a `peertube` user with `/var/www/peertube` home: ``` $ sudo useradd -m -d /var/www/peertube -s /bin/bash -p peertube peertube ``` Set its password: ``` $ sudo passwd peertube ``` ### Database Create the production database and a peertube user inside PostgreSQL: ``` $ sudo -u postgres createuser -P peertube $ sudo -u postgres createdb -O peertube peertube_prod ``` ### Prepare PeerTube directory Fetch the latest tagged version of Peertube ``` $ VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chocobozzz/peertube/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4) && echo "Latest Peertube version is $VERSION" ``` Open the peertube directory, create a few required directories ``` $ cd /var/www/peertube && sudo -u peertube mkdir config storage versions && cd versions ``` Download the latest version of the Peertube client, unzip it and remove the zip ``` $ sudo -u peertube wget -q "https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/download/${VERSION}/peertube-${VERSION}.zip" $ sudo -u peertube unzip peertube-${VERSION}.zip && sudo -u peertube rm peertube-${VERSION}.zip ``` Install Peertube ``` $ cd ../ && sudo -u peertube ln -s versions/peertube-${VERSION} ./peertube-latest $ cd ./peertube-latest && sudo -H -u peertube yarn install --production --pure-lockfile ``` ### PeerTube configuration Copy example configuration: ``` $ cd /var/www/peertube && sudo -u peertube cp peertube-latest/config/production.yaml.example config/production.yaml ``` Then edit the `config/production.yaml` file according to your webserver configuration. ### Webserver We only provide official configuration files for Nginx. Copy the nginx configuration template: ``` $ sudo cp /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest/support/nginx/peertube /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube ``` Then modify the webserver configuration file. Please pay attention to the `alias` keys of the static locations. It should correspond to the paths of your storage directories (set in the configuration file inside the `storage` key). ``` $ sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube ``` Activate the configuration file: ``` $ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/peertube /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/peertube ``` To generate the certificate for your domain as required to make https work you can use [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/): ``` $ sudo systemctl stop nginx $ sudo certbot --authenticator standalone --installer nginx --post-hook "systemctl start nginx" ``` Remember your certificate will expire in 90 days, and thus needs renewal. Now you have the certificates you can reload nginx: ``` $ sudo systemctl reload nginx ``` ### Systemd Copy the SystemD configuration template: ``` $ sudo cp /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest/support/systemd/peertube.service /etc/systemd/system/ ``` Update the service file: ``` $ sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/peertube.service ``` Tell systemd to reload its config: ``` $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload ``` If you want to start PeerTube on boot: ``` $ sudo systemctl enable peertube ``` ### Run ``` $ sudo systemctl start peertube $ sudo journalctl -feu peertube ``` ### Administrator The administrator password is automatically generated and can be found in the logs. You can set another password with: ``` $ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest && NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run reset-password -- -u root ``` ## Upgrade #### Auto (minor versions only) ``` $ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest/scripts && sudo -u peertube ./upgrade.sh $ diff /var/www/peertube/versions/peertube-${VERSION}/config/production.yaml.example /var/www/peertube/config/production.yaml $ sudo systemctl restart peertube && sudo journalctl -fu peertube ``` #### Manually Make a SQL backup ``` $ SQL_BACKUP_PATH="backup/sql-peertube_prod-$(date -Im).bak" && \ cd /var/www/peertube && sudo -u peertube mkdir -p backup && \ sudo pg_dump -U peertube -W -h localhost -F c peertube_prod -f "$SQL_BACKUP_PATH" ``` Fetch the latest tagged version of Peertube: ``` $ VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chocobozzz/peertube/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4) && echo "Latest Peertube version is $VERSION" ``` Download the new version and unzip it: ``` $ cd /var/www/peertube/versions && \ sudo -u peertube wget -q "https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/download/${VERSION}/peertube-${VERSION}.zip" && \ sudo -u peertube unzip -o peertube-${VERSION}.zip && \ sudo -u peertube rm peertube-${VERSION}.zip ``` Install node dependencies: ``` $ cd /var/www/peertube/versions/peertube-${VERSION} && \ sudo -u peertube yarn install --production --pure-lockfile ``` Copy new configuration defaults values and update your configuration file: ``` $ sudo -u peertube cp /var/www/peertube/versions/peertube-${VERSION}/config/default.yaml /var/www/peertube/config/default.yaml $ diff /var/www/peertube/versions/peertube-${VERSION}/config/production.yaml.example /var/www/peertube/config/production.yaml ``` Change the link to point to the latest version: ``` $ cd /var/www/peertube && \ sudo rm ./peertube-latest && \ sudo -u peertube ln -s versions/peertube-${VERSION} ./peertube-latest ``` Restart PeerTube: ``` $ sudo systemctl restart peertube ``` ### Things went wrong? Change `peertube-latest` destination to the previous version and restore your SQL backup: ``` $ OLD_VERSION="v0.42.42" && SQL_BACKUP_PATH="backup/sql-peertube_prod-2018-01-19T10:18+01:00.bak" && \ cd /var/www/peertube && rm ./peertube-latest && \ sudo -u peertube ln -s "versions/peertube-$OLD_VERSION" peertube-latest && \ pg_restore -U peertube -W -h localhost -c -d peertube_prod "$SQL_BACKUP_PATH" sudo systemctl restart peertube ```